New York Post

An unauthorized conduct was committed by an employee.

They immediately removed the vile and reprehensible content from their website and social media accounts.

It was hacked after its website and Twitter account were used by the attackers to publish offensive headlines and tweets targeting U.S. politicians.

These offensive headlines and tweets referred to NYC Mayor Eric Adams, D-NY Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, NY Governor Kathy Hochul, Texas Governor Gregg Abbot, R-IL Rep. Adam Kinzinger, as well as U.S. President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-york-post-hacked-with-offensive-headlines-targeting-politicians/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/new-york-post

"id": "new222551222",
"linkid": "new-york-post",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "10/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Media/Communications',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Social Engineering/Phishing',
 'description': 'An unauthorized conduct was committed by an employee. They '
                'immediately removed the vile and reprehensible content from '
                'their website and social media accounts. It was hacked after '
                'its website and Twitter account were used by the attackers to '
                'publish offensive headlines and tweets targeting U.S. '
                'politicians.',
 'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': 'Significant',
            'systems_affected': ['Website', 'Twitter Account']},
 'motivation': 'Political',
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Content Removal']},
 'threat_actor': 'Unknown',
 'title': 'Unauthorized Conduct by Employee Leading to Offensive Content '
          'Publication',
 'type': 'Unauthorized Access and Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error/Employee Misconduct'}